Physical Changes
We went to the doctor for his check up. He weighed in at 24 pounds (90th percentile) and is 31 inches tall (95th percentile). Still a big baby! He is also starting to get his 2 top teeth. I bet they'll be in by 10 months.
Mobility
This kid is everywhere. At 8 months he was army crawling and just starting to pull up. Now he crawls "normal" and doesn't even think about getting up or down on things. He moves easily from sitting to laying and back again. He cruises all over the furniture. One of his favorite things is to hold our hands and walk around. I can go to the bathroom or down the hall and call to him and he comes to find me. He even climbed up on a couch at the place we stayed over Memorial Day. He's growing up a bit.
Cade has decided that graham crackers are amazing! He is getting pro at feeding himself crackers and other small finger foods. He has also decided that bottles are evil (literally overnight. one day he took it fine and now, forget it!) He is pretty good at drinking water out of a sippy cup but will only drink formula once in a while. Usually he won't hold the cup by himself, but in the car the other day, he drank a whole cupful by himself. Cade loves yogurt, cottage cheese, fruit and black beans. I'm trying more and more to give him foods that we eat all of the time. Cade is sure to let us know when he wants more food. He will sit in the high chair and yell in between bites until he is full. We're working on manners :)
Sleeping
Cade wakes up around 6 am and takes 2 naps during the day. He usually sleeps for about an hour and a half in the morning, between 8:30 and 10:30 and then another 1.5-2 hours between 1:30 and 3:30. Bedtime is still between 6:30 and 7:00. It isn't unusual for Cade to cry during the night, but just for a few minutes and he falls back to sleep.
Getting more fun! Cade makes sure we don't have any full drawers or boxes around. If anything is sitting on the couch or coffee table, he clears it off for us.
Cade loves to knock over towers, steal cell phones and climb on things. He is always chasing Kirk or I around to see what we are doing and help out where he can. I played hide and seek with Cade by throwing a blanket over him while he was sitting. I ran around a corner while he pulled the blanket off and he looked around to find me. He likes to look at books and sometimes sits and reads them out loud. We still go for walks everyday and meet up with friends when we can. When I put on my shoes and get the keys, he gets excited. Cade has also made up a "game" he likes to play. He has a ball that is easy to grab, with lots of holes in it. He will hold it and wave it up and down until it flips out of his hand. Then he will go chase it and get it and do it again. If the ball is on the floor and we tell him to go get it, he knows what that means.
Other stuff
Cade talks all of the time and is starting to imitate a little bit. He will say mamama and da-da-da, but doesn't put any meaning to the words.
Other people still make Cade really nervous. He cried almost the whole time at the doctor, even though they didn't give him any shots.
